The Mohave Chief & Norma Prospect is a copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.23, -114.01028
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Mohave Chief & Norma Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohave Chief & Norma Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Planet District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Near Low Angle Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Replaced By Specular Hematite
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND AN ADIT
Comment (Geology): VEIN IN METAMORPHOSED,FOLDED AND FAULTED PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND LIMEY SHALE OVERLYING GNEISS.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
References
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 58
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA;KEITH,S.B.
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